In the news this morning: Immigration discord in Alabama, teen seeking visa stranded in Mexico, state residents may challenge SB 1070, more

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In Alabama, strict immigration law sows discord - Reuters As farmers worry about who will pick their crops in light of the state's strict new anti-illegal immigration law, "Alabama is finding out whether it can live without undocumented immigrants, estimated to number 120,000 in 2010."

Migrant hunting, smuggling on Yemen-Saudi border - Reuters A combination of rising migration from the Horn of Africa and weak government control have turned the Yemen-Saudi border "into a kind of hell where criminal gangs roam freely, trading migrants like commodities." Kidnappers are among those who prey on migrants.

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